:00:00. > :00:11.on the BBC News Channel, and I'll be back with
:00:12. > :00:16.Of Good evening from Points West. Almost ?10,000 pounds in grants have
:00:17. > :00:21.been handed out to those who've seen their property and businesses
:00:22. > :00:24.flooded on the Somerset Levels. The charity raising the money says it's
:00:25. > :00:27.received generous donations from the public. Meanwhile a large crowd
:00:28. > :00:35.gathered this morning along the River Parrett as high tide
:00:36. > :00:39.approached. Andrew Plant reports. Queuing for Sunday morning coffee `
:00:40. > :00:43.the high tide due here in Burrowbridge this morning attracting
:00:44. > :00:50.big crowds. Rarely have they seen the River Parrett so swollen.
:00:51. > :00:58.Environment Agency staff sandbagging weak spots at first light.
:00:59. > :01:05.Eventually,they were no match for the sheer weight of water. The
:01:06. > :01:08.bursting of the banks lasted about 15 minutes and now the water level
:01:09. > :01:13.has gone down just an inch or so. What was striking was the person as
:01:14. > :01:16.it came up beside it pushed its way through and all the sound bites that
:01:17. > :01:22.had been put in place had almost no effect whatsoever. Local people were
:01:23. > :01:30.unfazed. They have seen it all before. Across the other side of the
:01:31. > :01:33.Somerset Levels, home`made defences protecting Long Sutton Golf club,
:01:34. > :01:35.its 18`hole fairways now home to a hovercraft.
:01:36. > :01:39.Last year was the worst ever, and this year is worse again, about 18
:01:40. > :01:46.inches deeper, maybe even two feet deep. This is crazy. Lorraine Hall
:01:47. > :01:50.is five months pregnant and has had to close her business.
:01:51. > :01:55.Lorraine and around 40 other flooding victims have been given
:01:56. > :02:06.?250 from a local fund. At what should be a good time for us, it is
:02:07. > :02:10.a complete mess. This is beginning to have an
:02:11. > :02:13.enormous impact on people's lives, and we are also very interested to
:02:14. > :02:15.look at what other kind of support can refund, but people need to have
:02:16. > :02:24.a crisis helpline or cancelling support.
:02:25. > :02:27.Amphibious vehicles arrived near the cut`off village of Muchelney this
:02:28. > :02:30.afternoon to help ferry supplies. Even when this water eventually
:02:31. > :02:34.goes, the problems it's caused will linger even longer.
:02:35. > :02:38.The Bishop of Gloucester is to retire after almost a decade in the
:02:39. > :02:41.role. The Right Reverend Michael Perham said he would go in November
:02:42. > :02:47.after more than ten "happy, stimulating and fruitful years"
:02:48. > :02:51.He's been a strong advocate of the role of women in the Church as
:02:52. > :02:53.priests and bishops. In the summer he'll undertake a seven`day
:02:54. > :02:56.pilgrimage walking through the diocese.
:02:57. > :03:01.Two of the West's prisons are up for sale. Gloucester Prison is more than
:03:02. > :03:04.200 years old ` part of it is Grade II listed. Meanwhile, offers are
:03:05. > :03:09.also invited for Shepton Mallet Prison, which is Britain's oldest
:03:10. > :03:12.jail. Both closed last March. Football now, and Yeovil Town have
:03:13. > :03:17.lost their latest Championship game three one away at Nottingham Forest.
:03:18. > :03:23.The only goal for the Glovers came from the head of Kieffer Moore. The
:03:24. > :03:25.result means that Yeovil remain at the bottom of the league table six
:03:26. > :03:29.points from safety. Meanwhile it was a mixed weekend for
:03:30. > :03:31.our other local football teams. Frustration for Bristol Rovers and
:03:32. > :03:36.Cheltenham, a setback for Swindon, but some relief for Bristol City.
:03:37. > :03:40.Andy Howard has the round`up. A little birdie tells me Bristol
:03:41. > :03:47.City are out of the relegation zone in league one for the first time
:03:48. > :03:50.since mid`November. Two goals in as many minutes from Marvin Elliott
:03:51. > :03:55.were enough to complete a comeback against Carlisle, after going a goal
:03:56. > :04:00.down at Ashton Gate. They are too young to know at the
:04:01. > :04:02.moment. They haven't been in the game long enough to know what they
:04:03. > :04:06.have achieved I digging themselves out of that. Swindon Town couldn't
:04:07. > :04:08.dig out anything at the county ground and are two places outside
:04:09. > :04:14.the playoffs, Oldham's Jonathan Grounds with the only goal.
:04:15. > :04:17.The only differs between the teams was that they wanted to little more
:04:18. > :04:20.than us. It didn't take Cheltenham long to get going against
:04:21. > :04:23.rock`bottom Northampton, but Jamie Cureton's second`minute goal was
:04:24. > :04:27.about as good as it got, it ended 1`1.
:04:28. > :04:32.This happened too many times, we have taken the lead to many times
:04:33. > :04:36.and gone on not to win games. It's another mistake that has cost us
:04:37. > :04:40.from picking up a much deserved victory. And Bristol Rovers are now
:04:41. > :04:43.just a point above the league two relegation zone after a 3`1 defeat
:04:44. > :04:47.at league leaders Chesterfield, Lee Brown's first goal of the season the
:04:48. > :04:51.highlight of a difficult afternoon. Meanwhile in rugby, Bristol had a
:04:52. > :04:55.convincing win over Jersey in the Championship. Final score at the
:04:56. > :05:02.Memorial Stadium fifty four points to fourteen with the home side
:05:03. > :05:09.running in seven tries. Now the weather: good evening.
:05:10. > :05:13.We have strengthening winds through the night with rain arriving before
:05:14. > :05:17.tomorrow. For the time being few showers coming through. Winds pick
:05:18. > :05:22.up through the night but they should keep things fairly mild, lows of
:05:23. > :05:27.five or six degrees. We start tomorrow dry, with strong winds in
:05:28. > :05:33.place and through the day we see this area of rain working in from
:05:34. > :05:35.the west. We have a yellow warning in place for parts of Somerset and
:05:36. > :05:40.could see further flooding problems. Top temperatures getting
:05:41. > :05:47.up to seven or eight degrees. In to choose day, by day we will see heavy
:05:48. > :05:49.showers, but by night we will see heavy rain and strong winds and it
:05:50. > :05:56.stays extremely unsettled into Wednesday.
:05:57. > :06:01.stays extremely Another update after 10pm. In the
:06:02. > :06:11.meantime, enjoy your Good evening. Most of us have had a
:06:12. > :06:16.fine Sunday with some sunshine, but there is more wet and windy weather
:06:17. > :06:20.on the way. Focused tomorrow across western areas. In the east, again,
:06:21. > :06:24.generally dry and breezy. The breezes picking up again overnight,
:06:25. > :06:28.the wind is getting lively again around western coasts and with
:06:29. > :06:31.further high tides, the ongoing risk of coastal flooding. Though strong
:06:32. > :06:36.winds bringing the rain back to Northern Ireland. Elsewhere, apart
:06:37. > :06:40.from a few showers, a dry night and mainly frost free. A wet start
:06:41. > :06:43.across Northern Ireland, the rain pepping up across Pembrokeshire
:06:44. > :06:50.Devon and Cornwall through the day. Many central and eastern areas will
:06:51. > :06:52.stay dry with a bit more cloud around and we have seen today. The
:06:53. > :06:55.cloud will certainly thicken across western Scotland, with outbreaks of
:06:56. > :07:00.rain ageing in across here. Not much rain through the central belt and
:07:01. > :07:03.after a wind wet and windy morning, Northern Ireland turning brighter.
:07:04. > :07:07.Most of the day will be dry across the bulk of England, more cloud that
:07:08. > :07:11.we have seen through the weekend but some bright and sunny spells are
:07:12. > :07:14.possible. In the West, however, a wet day. Pembrokeshire, Devon and
:07:15. > :07:15.Cornwall, heavy bursts of rain